Waldsteinia fragarioides


Waldsteinia fragarioides or Potentilla indica, but it lacks runners and has more rounded leaves.
It is native to eastern North America, from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and Maine south to Indiana and Pennsylvania.
It is evergreen.

Conservation status in the United States

It is listed endangered in Connecticut,, Illinois, and Maine, as threatened in New Hampshire, as a special concern in Massachusetts, and as rare in Indiana.

Native American [ethnobotany]

The Iroquois take a compound decoction of the plants as a blood remedy, and apply a poultice of the smashed plants to snakebites.